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                          NAUTICA ENTERPRISES, INC.
               (Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
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                  BARINGTON COMPANIES EQUITY PARTNERS, L.P.,
                    JEWELCOR MANAGEMENT, INC., RCG AMBROSE
                 MASTER FUND, LTD. and RAMIUS SECURITIES, LLC
   (Name of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement if Other Than the Registrant)
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      In connection with the 2003 annual meeting of stockholders of Nautica
Enterprises, Inc., the Barington Companies group will now be soliciting proxies
to elect two nominees to Nautica's board of directors, William J. Fox and James
A. Mitarotonda, and to re-elect all of Nautica's incumbent directors other than
Charles H. Scherer and John Varvatos. We believe this is consistent with the
Company's recently announced goal to have two, new independent directors.





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